Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Baptism of the Neophytes
Alternate Title:
San Giovanni Battista battezza le folle
Image View:
Detail, John the Baptist baptizes new converts while people in 15th century dress witness
Creator:
Jacopo Salimbeni (Italian painter, active ca. 1404-1427); Lorenzo Salimbeni (Italian painter, 1374-ca. 1420)
Location:
repository: Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista (Urbino, Marches, Italy)
Location Note:
Via Francesco Barocci, 31
GPS:
43.7256 12.6345
Date:
1416 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Late Gothic
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Relation Work:
partOf Oratory of St. John the Baptist Fresco Cycle
Subjects:
cycles or series; New Testament; saints; John, the Baptist, Saint; Baptism; converts
Description:
The Oratory of St. John the Baptist (Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista) is a 14th-century small chapel or prayer hall best known for its Late Gothic style fresco cycle (1416) by the brothers Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni. The nine scenes from the Life of St. John the Baptist on the west wall have chivalric themes derived from courtly art (e.g. the Très Riches Heures of Jean, Duc de Berry) and are mixed with details of contemporary daily life and personalities, all acutely observed. This invited members of the Confraternity to feel part of the New Testament events. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-LJS-OSJB-BN-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Baptism of the Neophytes